The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-27

! w. c. Edwards, Gainesville; Secretary, c.
E. Henderson, Marietta; Treasurer. John F.
Barclay. Atlanta.
Cherokee Adrance: Frank Mcconnell
(coloredl died at the paupers' home last Sun
day. He was suppoaed 20 be los years old
Some time ago he said he knew he would 90
| to he'll when he died, and he wanted to be
one week dying. In accordance with his
wish he was dying from Sunday to Sunday,
50 Mr.. Warlick said. There are now
| eighteen inmates at the home.
Uncle Dick Statham, Of jackson county,
and Uncle Sugar Hill, of Gwinnett, met in
store at jug Tavern the other day, and to
| test the relative Importance of the two
| counties they represent they agreed TO weigh.
| jackson county tipped the beam at 2l0
! pounds and Gwinnett at 205 Both of these
| gentlemen are well known in that section
and have no doubt grown fat from laugh
| ing.
The State Board of Visitors appointed by
| the Governor to examine pupils in the State
colleges having organized with Rev. W. ].
Scott, Of Atlanta, chairman, and Prof
Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta, secretary,
are now engaged in examining the pupils of
the Atlanta University (colored). They ex-
! press themselves as much Impressed with
the high standard of excellence in the
school.
| A party Of ten young people left Ameri-
| HIlud1 over ll6 S1SUeTu e4Uen-
| sion of the Americas, Preston and Lumpkin
railroad. The party had been invited by
Miss Corde Hawkins, daughter of President
| ;. III. Hawkins, to go ON a two-days' picnic
and fishing frolic on her fathers Furlow
place, situated at DeSoto, about fifteen miles
from the city. A most enjoyable time was
| had by ALL
An application for the charter of the At
| lanta ice company was filed in the Superior
sN1rv-f Tlnn
| are Joseph T. Eichberg, Solomon, Samuel
! and Morris Benjamin, and the capital stock
| is $25 900. The company will manufacture
| ice, buy and sell butter and cheese and store
| articles. The factory is located at West
End. The new company expects to begin
| operations soon.
Mr.. Peter Howard, one of Blakely's Oldest
and most esteemed citizens, died on Satur-
| day morning last after an illness of a few
weeks. He was one of the pioneers of the
| county, nearly or quite so years old at the
| time of his death, a public-spirited and most
! useful man, and one the little village will
| greatly miss. His remains were inferred In
| the family burying ground Sunday morning,
a large crowd witnessing the burial services.
| DR.. 9. G. Welchel, of Lula. found Robert
Cushing, about o'clock Tuesday morning,
at the crossing on the Richmond and Dam
| vile railroad, where the Athens road
crosses, with his skull burst all to pieces and
mortally injured. 1t seems that from all
| indications he was hit on his head with a
| stone and then put on the track, for there
were signs where the body had been dragged
some twenty feet, and rock was also lying
near where the body was discovered.
The Americas City Council bought the
court house square from the County Com
missioners: Tuesday night, paying $4,000
| for it. The old court house win be thoroughly
repaired, and the building will be made one
| of the prettiest in the city The second
| story will be converted into commercial
chamber and the clerks office, and first
into an engine. room for the different fire
companies The square will be fenced in
by neat railing and the grounds laid off
into beautiful park.
1 G. NJ Strahan, an adjunct professor in
the university, has offered a handsome
medal for the best mathematical scholar in
| the freshman class. The medal is on exhi-
ton at Scudder's, and is one of the hand
soonest ever seen in Athens. This is a
worthy recognition of the freshmen's
merits, as it is the first prize ever offered in
the university for excellence in anything in
that class. Prof. Strahans medal is an in
dividual prize, and is not connected with
any of the university medals.
At a conference of the Gainesville Baptist
church, held on last Sunday, Rev. G. A.
Nunnally of Eufaula, Ala, was unani-
mously called to the pastorate of the church.
DR.. Nunnally is a Georgian, and ranks as
one among the ablest ministers of the Bap-
fist denominations in the South While the
citizens of Gainesville were exceedingly
sorry to give up Rev. A. A. Marshall they
are fortunate in securing the services of DR..
Nunnally, and feel assured that the church
will grow under his ministrations.
After the mail train on the Forsyth divis-
ion of the Central railroad had passed Nor
rows station Tuesday morning, Railway
Postal Clerk Miner unlocked the mail pouch
handed on at that station, On turning back
the flap OF the pouch out sprang rattle
snake about 10 or II inches long and struck
at the postmaster. This so surprised him
that it is said he jumped backward the
whole length of the car, so that for q
while his snakeship had complete possession
of Uncle Sans mail. The connection it oc-
casioned soon alarmed the passengers on the
train, and by the well-directed blows of a
posse comitatus" his snakeship was soon
lying lifeleSs corpse. How he got there
will be q case for the investigation of a spe
cialmail inspector.
| One of the most fiendish outrages ever
perpetrated hos just been reported from
near Grady. Mrs. Wilson and her several
small children were at their home, which is
situated in a secluded and out of theway
place. While the husband was absent Mon
day a black fend rushed upon the poor
frightened and unprotected woman, Selling
her around the waist and threw her violent
| ly tothe ground. To prevent her screams
he seized her by the throat, and with the
most horTid oaths threatened to kill her and
her children The poor woman finally sue.
ceeded in freeing herself from the grasp OF
the ,fend, and ran to the house of her near
est heigAbor, where she-now is. The woods
are full Of people searching for the villain
If caught there viii be no Jail fees to pay.
More than 800 men are at work now al
the Piedmont Fair grounds, and the force
will be rapidly increased. j. Q. Peck has
determined not to let the main building out
by contract, but has secured foreman and
about $50 carpenters with which he will
begin the erection of the building next
Monday morning Much of the timber is
now on hand and is being prepared for the
work Foundations are laid, and Mr.. Peck
thinks within fifty days the building will be
completed. Mr.. Norman, the architect, has
returned from Gadsden and will have plans
for the gates, grand stand and club house
ready in few days, when these will be given
out and work begun on them. McKing-
berry's force of about fifty men is at work
clearing up the grounds and giving a park
like aspect to the forest. Phelps, Dalton q
Co., of New York, sent in donation OF
500 Tuesday.
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